Lynn Oppenheim

Lynn Oppenheim, Principal, is one of CFAR’s five founders and is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. She has more than 25 years of experience in consulting across a range of issues and clients. She is known for the breadth of her experience, her pragmatism, and her respect for deeply held client values. While she has worked in many industries, her recent work has focused on academic medicine, whose leaders face numerous challenges including support for their most talented contributors despite declining funding, providing the highest quality of education, and balancing integrated care in tertiary and quaternary care environments. She has experience with the broad spectrum of issues these complex organizations often face relating to strategy, quality improvement, change implementation, and collaboration. A scientist by training, Lynn is dedicated to helping organizations build capacity and speed innovation while meeting business demands and fulfilling mission. Her particular skills include strategy with top teams, in which she helps leaders assess options and set direction; initiative design, in which she guides clients on how to pull people and resources together to effectively support change efforts; and executive coaching, in which she works one-on-one with leaders facing critical decisions.

Lynn has spoken before a wide range of client audiences including the American Association of Medical Colleges, the Healthcare Business Women’s Association, ELAM, and the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley (ACHE chapter).

Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin.